Kylian Mbappe, who won the European Golden Shoe award for his first season in Spain, has come to an end.
In Real’s final league game on Saturday, Mbappe overtook Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting Lisbon at the top of the weighted table, which only includes league goals, with the addition of the Pichichi Trophy winner for scoring twice.
Mbappe, 26, defeated Cristiano Ronaldo and Hugo Sanchez to become the third Real Madrid player to achieve the honor at the end of the season.
Thierry Henry won the Golden Shoe with Arsenal in 2004 and 2005 as the last Frenchman to do so.
Mbappe may have been discovered watching the Formula One Grand Prix in Monaco on Sunday.
Mohamed Salah scored once to finish third in his last league game for English champions Liverpool, who needed a hat-trick.
Robert Lewandowski of Barcelona scored twice on Sunday at Bilbao, two goals clear of Real Madrid in the race for the Spanish league title. He scored 27 goals overall, placing him in fourth place in Europe and second in the Pichichi.
Bayern Munich and The Pole claimed the Pichichi in 2023 after winning the Golden Shoe twice.
Harry Kane, the Golden Shoe winner of the previous year, won the league title at Bayern with 26 Bundesliga goals. Atalanta’s Mateo Retegui, who had 25 goals, was the best Serie A player in sixth place.
Mbappe scored 39 goals for Gyokeres, but the table is weighted. In the “big five” European competitions, La Liga, Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Serie A, each goal is doubled. Goals are multiplied by 1.5% for the next 16 ranked leagues.
A goal is just a goal below that.
The top five in the rankings were Mbappe (62 points), Gyokeres (58), Salah (58), Robert Lewandowski (54), and Harry Kane (52).
Source: Aljazeera
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